Academy · Southwark
Bacon's College
- Secondary
- Ages 11–19
- Church of England
- Sixth form
Term dates
We haven't checked Southwark's term dates yet. See the school's website.
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 146 families put this school as their first choice, and 185 places were offered. 144 of the families who put it first got a place (99%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 185 | 146 | 99% |
| September 2025 | 191 | 174 | 93% |
| September 2024 | 185 | 175 | 93% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 8 June 2022. Overall: Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Pupils
- 1025 (capacity 1200)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Southwark
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Phone
- 02072371928
- Address
- Timber Pond Road, London, SE16 6AT
- Website
- baconscollege.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.